John Isner wins grass court event on Rhode Island

Top seed John Isner claimed the 11th ATP Tour title of his career with a straight-sets victory over Matthew Ebden in the final of the Hall of Fame Open.

The 32-year-old American sent down 17 aces en route to beating qualifier Matthew Ebden 6-3 7-6 (7-4) in 75 minutes.

It was his third triumph on the grass of Newport, Rhode Island, and arrived thanks to another strong serving display.

He won 37-of-41 first-serve points and not once faced a break point against the 29-year-old South African-born Australian.

Isner conceded just three points during his five service games in the opening set, while the only break of serve of the entire match came in Ebden's opening service game.

In the second set, neither player was really tested on serve, with Isner clinching victory on his second match point.

World No 21 Isner, who won all of his matches in straight sets, said: "I'm very happy with how I played all week. It was a perfect week. I couldn't ask for anything better.

"It has been two years since I won a tournament, so I had that weighing on my mind.

"It's hard to win a tournament. It's no small feat to come out here and be the last man standing. I'm very happy about that."

At No 249 in the world, Ebden became the lowest-ranked ATP finalist since 2009, and he said: "It's disappointing but at the same time I have to be happy with my week."

Other finals played on Sunday:

ATP Swedish Open: 8-David Ferrer (Esp) bt Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) 6-4 6-4

ATP Croatia Open: Andrey Rublev (Rus) bt 4-Paolo Lorenzi (Ita) 6-4 6-2

WTA Bucharest Open: 7-Irina Begu (Rom) bt 3-Julia Goerges (Ger) 6-3 7-5

WTA Ladies Championship Switzerland: 2-Kiki Bertens (Ned) bt 3-Anett Kontaveit (Est) 6-4 3-6 6-1